Out of all of those, I'd say the only ones I'd put above Kalil are Jake Long, Joe Thomas, and Robert Gallery. Gallery and Thomas are the highest rated, IMO, even if they didn't go first overall like Jake Long did. Gallery went after Manning though, who was VERY highly thought of, and Thomas went after Russell and Megatron, both of whom were elite prospects at their position (heck, Megatron could very well be the best WR prospect ever).

D'Brick is probably equal to Kalil's level, and then everyone is below him, IMO.

I don't know if I think higher of Kalil than most do, but I think he's got as much potential as an OT might have, and he's got great size to boot. He's listed as 6'7 and 295, so as long as he stays close to that and doesn't go down to 280 like D'Brick supposedly does.

You do know Kalil was the reason why Tyron Smith is stuck at RT. No doubt Kalil is the better prospect and has better potential. Kalil is a elite prospect, lock top 3 pick while Smith was a top 15 prospect in an average draft last year.

If you put Smith at LT and Kalil at RT, you would have had 2 players in new positions. By having Kalil at LT, you only have 1 player in a new position. Both were elite OL.

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Kalil just doesn't seem as elite as previous top offensive tackle prospects; Gallery, Ferguson, Thomas, and Long were all better prospects. I prefer Tyron Smith as well due to his substantial advantage in athleticism. Kalil would probably go above Jason Smith, Eugene Monroe, and Andre Smith although Andre was a more dominant player (excluding concerns about weight, etc.)

I've said it quite often: there are no Walter Joneses, or Bosellis, or Ogdens anymore. We witnessed the golden era of left tackles. Hope you all enjoyed it, because it's unlikely we ever see that many elite HoF caliber players all physical freaks to boot) at one position as we did in the late 90s/early 2000s.

I mean, hell, a guy like Tarik Glenn (who was seen as a very good, but not quite elite tackle in that era) could arguably be better than anyone in the NFL right now.

What about Willie Roaf and Orlando Pace? They're part of that era too.
That was a golden era.

I though Ferguson was a better prospect than Long b/c of his athleticism and length and ridiculous upside in pass pro. There were plenty of GMs who thought Long would be an okay LT but better suited on the right side of the line. I could see putting Long #2 and Ferguson #3, but Long certainly was not 100% superior to D'Brickashaw as draft prospects.

I though Ferguson was a better prospect than Long b/c of his athleticism and length and ridiculous upside in pass pro. There were plenty of GMs who thought Long would be an okay LT but better suited on the right side of the line. I could see putting Long #2 and Ferguson #3, but Long certainly was not 100% superior to D'Brickashaw as draft prospects.

This is spot on. There were so many questions about Jake Long's ability in pass protection. And Ferguson was VERY highly thought of as a LT prospect.

This is spot on. There were so many questions about Jake Long's ability in pass protection. And Ferguson was VERY highly thought of as a LT prospect.

Thomas and Long went 3 and 1 immediately after, and both teams were better with those guys as rookies than the Jets were with D'Brick as a rookie.

Ferguson went 4 in a draft he could have went 1 in with alot of people calling it a smart pick (in the vein of Williams, but opposite side of the ball), and it was a draft that included great prospects like Williams, Bush, Davis, the big 3 QBs, Ngata...He could have went top 5 in '05 had he come out as a junior...1 considering how crappy that draft was at the top.

These next 5 seasons as D'Brick/Thomas/Long enter their late 20's/early 30's is when they will really separate themselves as players.